Plenary Speakers
Title of plenary talk: Materials and Concepts for Printed Photovoltaic Technologies Christoph J. Brabec is holding the chair “materials for electronics and energy technology (i-MEET)” at the materials science of the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Further, he is the scientific director of the Erlangen division of the Bavarian research institute for renewable energy (ZAE Bayern, Erlangen), board member of the ZAE Bavaria and board member of the Energy Campus Nurnberg. |
Title of plenary talk: Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Antonios G. Mikos is the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University. His research focuses on the synthesis, processing, and evaluation of new biomaterials for use as scaffolds for tissue engineering, as carriers for controlled drug delivery, and as non-viral vectors for gene therapy. His work has led to the development of novel orthopaedic, dental, cardiovascular, neurologic, and ophthalmologic biomaterials. Mikos is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Biomedical Engineering Society, the Controlled Release Society, the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering, the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, and the National Academy of Inventors. He has been recognized by various awards including the Founders Award of the Society For Biomaterials and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-Americas. |
Title of plenary talk: Nanoparticles: characterization and applications Prof. Francesco Stellacci got his degree in Materials Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano in 1998 with Prof. Zerbi. He then moved as a post-doc with Prof. J.W. Perry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Arizona. In 2002 he became as assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT (Cambridge, USA). There he became associate professor with tenure in 2009. In 2010, he moved as a full professor to EPFL where he holds the Constellium chair. Stellacci has published more than 130 papers and has more than 15 patent applications. He has won numerous awards, among the the Technology Review TR35 ’top innovator under 35’, the Popular Science Magazine ’Brilliant 10’, and the EMRS EU40. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and of the Global Young Academy |
Keynote Speakers
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Prof. Alexandra Boltasseva, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, USA Practical Platform for Nanophotonics with Plasmonic Metal Nitrides and Transparent Conducting Oxides |
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Prof. Gerrit Boschloo, Department of Chemistry, Uppsala Univeristy, Sweden Perovskite solar cells: fundamentals, new materials and improved performance |
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Prof. Milan Damnjanovic, NanoLab Group, Department of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia Electron-phonon interaction anomalies in layers |
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Dr. Athanasios Dimoulas, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology NCSR Demokritos, Greece Materials for Energy Efficient Nanoelectronic Devices |
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Prof. Vladimir Dyakonov, Julius-Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany Electronic Trap States in Perovskite Solar Cells |
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Prof. Emmanuel Giannelis, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Cornell University, USA Responsive Nanostructured materials for energy applications |
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Prof. Feliciano Giustino, Department of Materials, University of Oxford, UK Computational design and experimental synthesis of novel halide perovskites |
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Dr. Souren Grigorian, Department of Physics, University of Siegen, Germany Characterization of Organic Nanomaterials by Sychrotron Radiation |
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Prof. George Malliaras, Department of Bioelectronics, EMSE, France |
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Prof. Markus Scharber, LIOS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria On the Efficiency Limit of Conjugated Polymer:Fullerene-Based Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells |
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Prof. Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Osaka University, Japan Imperceptible Active Sensors for Cyber–Physical Systems -Wearable and implantable brain wave monitoring systems- |
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Prof. Vladimir Shalaev, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, USA New Material Platforms & Metasurface Designs for Plasmonics and Quantum Photonics |
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Prof. Christoph Brabec, Friedrich-Alexander Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany Materials and Concepts for Printed Photovoltaic Technologies |
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Prof. Ravi Silva, University of Surrey, UK The Design Of High Efficiency Solar Cells And Collectors |
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Prof. Franz Stelzer, Institute for Chemistry & Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Austria Biopolymer (Nano)Composites: Thin Films, Characterization and Degradation |
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Prof. Myung-Han Yoon, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Dielectric Materials for Printable Soft Electronics |
Invited Speakers
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Prof. Thomas Anthopoulos, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, UK 3rd Generation organic blend semiconductors for thin-film transistor applications |
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Dr. David Babonneau, University of Poitiers, France Fabrication and plasmonic properties of metal nanoparticles grown on nanoripple patterns |
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Prof. Sergei Baranovski, Department of Physics, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany Theoretical description of charge transport in disordered organic semiconductors |
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Prof. Zeynep Basaran, School of Engineering, Ozyegin University, Turkey Alternative Applications of nano-engineering in cement-based systems |
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Prof. Pierre M. Beaujuge, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia High-Performing Polymer Solar Cells and Tandems: Materials Selection, Concurrent Modeling and Device Optimizations |
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Dr. Stefan Bengtson, National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark Sustained inflammation and genotoxicity following pulmonary exposure to graphene and graphene oxide in mice |
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Dr. Francois Berger, INSERM, France |
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Prof. Fabio Biscarini, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Capacitive Coupling in electrolyte-gated organic field effect transistors |
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Prof. Juris Blums, Riga Technical University, Latvia Human motion energy harvesters for wearables |
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Dr. Christine Boeffel, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, Germany Solution processing of organic light emitting diodes |
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Prof. Yvan Bonnassieux, LPCIM, Ecole Polytechnique CNRS, Paris, France Modelling of Organic Solar cell: Finite element simulation and compact model |
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Prof. Tim Booth, DTU Nanotech, Denmark The hot pick-up technique for batch assembly of van der Waals heterostructures |
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Prof. Thomas Brown, Nano&Optoelectronics group (OLAB), University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules on Flexible Substrates |
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Dr. Maja Buljan, Division of Materials Physics, Ruder Boskovic Institute, Croatia Self-ordered Ge-based nanostructures in glasses: fabrication, properties and application |
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Prof. Gabriel Caruntu, Central Michigan University, USA Solution Processing of Ferroelectric Colloidal Nanocrystals for Energy Storage and Transistor Applications |
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Dr. Cinzia Casiraghi, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, UK Water-based 2D-crystal Inks: from Production to Devices |
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Prof. Francesco Cellesi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Nanomedicines for overcoming biological barriers in kidneys and treating proteinuric diseases |
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Prof. Maria Chatzinikolaidou, IESL-FORTH and University of Crete, Greece Engineering nanomaterials for tissue engineering with controlled immunomodulation |
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Prof. Stelios Choulis, Molecular Electronics & Photonics Laboratory, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Solution Processed Photovoltaics: Interfaces, Electrodes, Processing and Devices |
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Prof. Aris Christou, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, USA Nanotechnology of Graphene Interconnects on Flexible Substrates |
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Dr. Alexander Colsmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Eco-friendly fabrication of organic solar cells |
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Dr. Vassilios Constantoudis, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NCSR Demokritos, Greece Sidewall Roughness of Nanoelectronic and Nanophotonic Structures: Metrological Challenges and their Critical Role in Applications |
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Dr. Stephane Cros, CEA, France CEA’s design-on-demand printed photovoltaics: performances and reliability |
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Prof. Wim Deferme, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Hasselt University, Belgium Printing of Light Emitting Devices on Textiles |
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Dr. Claudia Delgado Simao, Eurecat, Spain Conformable Printed Electronics: Recent developments towards robust smart devices |
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Prof. Juan Luis Delgado, Polymat, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain Prisitine C60 and C70 fullerenes As Electron Transport Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells |
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Dr. George Deligeorgis, FORTH IESL, Greece Graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides for flexible high frequency electronics |
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Prof. Thierry Djenizian, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, France Improved electrochemical performance of porous electrodes for all-solid-state Li-ion microbatteries |
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Dr. Tim Echtermeyer, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, UK Photodetection and Sensing with Graphene |
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Prof. Elpida-Niki Emmanouil-Nikoloussi, European University of Cyprus, Cyprus Bio-Distribution of Nanoparticles and Developmental Toxicity |
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Mr. Andreas Falk, BioNanonet, Austria Bringing nano-enabled developments closer to the market, facilitated by a semi-holistic approach in nanosafety |
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Dr. Ilise Feitshans, Institute for Work and Health University of Lausanne, Switzerland Ten Years After: Ethical Legal And Social Impacts Of Emerging Nanotechnology Laws |
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Dr. Federica Fernandez, Department of Architecture and Industrial Design, University San Raffaele, Italy Products innovation and sustainability: the contribution of nanotechnologies to the building construction sector |
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Dr. Bertrand Fillon, European affairs VP, CEA/LITEN, France Advanced manufacturing Technology Integration in Industry: Barrier and success levers |
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Dr. Konstantinos Fostiropoulos, Institute for Heterogeneous Material Systems, HZB, Germany |
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Dr. Jean-Paul Gaston, HORIBA Scientific, France Optical characterization of organic materials using Spectroscopic Ellipsometer & Raman Spectrometer on Roll-to-Roll Pilot line |
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Prof. Guido Giuliani, University of Pavia, Italy Development of integrated large-area electronics/photonics with ceramic materials, within the EU H2020 Project "LUMENTILE" |
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Dr. Evangelos Golias, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany Ground state and out-of-equilibrium phenomena in prototypical topological insulators using time-, spin- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy |
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Dr. Andreas Gondikas, Univeristy of Vienna, Austria Nanometrology in support of regulatory efforts for the nanotechnology industry |
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Dr. Roman Gorbachev, Scholl of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, UK New materials for van der Waals heterostructures |
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Prof. Alon Gorodetsky, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, USA |
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Prof. Dimitrios Gournis, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Ioannina, Greece Graphene pillaring: Towards novel multifunctional materials |
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Dr. Ilya Goykhman, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK Two-dimensional materials and van der Waals heterostructures as a platform for integrated optoelectronic devices |
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Prof. Dimitris Ioannou, George Mason University, USA Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) nano-CMOS for Mobile Communications and the Internet of Things (IoT) |
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Dr. Silvia Janietz, Fraunhofer -IAP, Germany Thermal Stabilization of the Bulk-Heterojunction Morphology in Polymer-Fullerene Solar Cells |
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Prof. Antonios Kanaras, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles in Biomedical Applications |
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Dr. Demosthenes Katritsis, Athens Euroclinic, Greece |
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Prof. Panagiotis E. Keivanidis, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus On the role of intermolecular states and polymorphs in the optimization of solution-processed organic electronics |
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Dr. Chang-Hyun Kim, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Macroscopic computational modeling for organic electronic devices |
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Prof. Ik Jin Kim, Department of Material Science Engineering, Hanseo University, Korea Carbon nanotubes grown on molecular sieve coated biomorphic carbon membrane by CCVD method |
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Dr. Hyeok Kim, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Korea Interlayer for high performance organic solar cells |
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Prof. Yun-Hi Kim, Gyeongsang National University, Korea Development of Organic Semiconducting Materials for OTFT |
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Prof. Kyriakos Komvopoulos, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, USA Control of Nanofiber Conformity and Scaffold Structure by Micropattern Geometry and Electrospinning Condition for Cell Regulation |
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Dr. Esra Kucukpinar, Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, Germany High Barrier Films for Flexible Photovoltaic Applications |
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Dr. Emmanuel Kymakis, School of Applied Technology, Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I) of Crete, Greece Graphene-related materials for organic and perovskite solar cells |
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Prof. Theodora Kyratsi, Powder Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Highly Efficient Mg2Si-based Thermoelectric Materials |
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Prof. Didier Letourneur, INSERM, Hopital Bichat, Paris, France NanoAthero – An EU Programme Nanomedicine for target-specific imaging and treatment of atherothrombosis |
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Prof. Eleftherios Lidorikis, Dept. of Materials Science & Eng., Uni of Ioannina, Greece Modeling and design of novel plasmonic optoelectronic devices |
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Dr. Julianna Lisziewicz, eMMUNITY, Hungary Precision Immunotherapy for Melanoma |
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Prof. Sabine Ludwigs, IPOC, University of Stuttgart, Germany Controlled Structure Formation of Semiconducting Polymer Films for Organic Electronic Devices |
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Dr. Alessandro Maiocchi, Bracco Group, Bracco Research Centre, Italy Perspectives and challenges on the clinical translation of nano- & micro-sized systems for medical imaging applications |
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Dr. Martyn McLachlan, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Materials, Imperial College London, UK Processing routes for charge selective interlayers in organic electronics |
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Dr. Manuel J. Mendes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Optimal high-index spheroidal structures for nanophotonic-enhanced thin film solar cells |
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Prof. Ivanka Milosevic, Department of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia Raman Spectra and Electronic Properties of Deformed Carbon Nanotubes |
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Prof. Yannis Missirlis, Lab of Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece Morphogenesis – epigenetic functions in cells : the role of biointerfacial mechanical signals |
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Prof. Thimios Mitsiadis, University of Zurich, Switzerland Tooth on a chip: generation of stem cell niches using microfluidic devices |
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Prof. Maria J. Mosquera, Physical-Chemistry Department, University of Cadiz, Spain Nanomaterials for Preserving Buildings by an Inverse Micelle Mechanism: Consolidants, Superhydropobic Agents and Self-cleaning photocatalysts |
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Dr. Sergio Enrique Moya, CIC biomaGUNE, Spain Translocation, biological fate, stability and effective dose of engineered NMs for safety studies and nanomedicine |
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Prof. Christian Muller, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Fullerene Mixtures for FETs and Polymer Solar Cells |
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Dr. Antonios Oikonomou, University of Manchester, UK 2D materials for energy |
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Prof. Giovanna Orsini, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy Differentiation potential of dental epithelial stem cells: an in vivo study |
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Prof. Roisin Owens, Ecole des Mines de St. Etienne, France Organic electronics for in vitro toxicology: tuning the interface |
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Dr. Andreas Petritz, Joanneum Research, Austria Photopatternable dielectrics for low voltage digital and analog organic circuits used for addressing of large area flexible ferroelectric sensors |
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Prof. Jean Francois Pierson, University of Lorraine, France Local epitaxial growth in reactively sputtered oxide thin films |
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Prof. Dominique Pioletti, Laboratory of Biomechanical Orthopedics, EPFL, Switzerland Development of a photopolymerized composite hydrogel and surgical implanting tool for a nucleus pulposus replacement |
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Dr. Charalambos Pitsalidis, Institut Fresnel, France Novel approaches for the deposition and the patterning of materials toward the fabrication of organic electronic devices |
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Prof. Kyriakos Porfyrakis, University of Oxford, UK Advanced electron acceptors for organic solar cells |
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Dr. Michel Prassas, Corning Inc., USA Advanced Glass Technologies for next generation displays and flexible glass devices |
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Dr. Etienne Quesnel, CEA, France Graphene for energy applications: an update on running activities within the Graphene Flagship European project |
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Prof. Maria Eugenia Rabanal Jimenez, University Carlos III, Spain Ag/Pt-ZnO nanocomposites: synthesis, characterization, and their enhanced photocatalytic activity |
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Dr. Nobuya Sakai, Oxford University, UK Controlling of Nucleation and Crystal growth on mix-halide perovskite precursor for high efficiency perovskite solar cells |
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Dr. Michael Saliba, EPFL, Switzerland Perovskite solar cells – opportunities and challenges |
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Dr. Lidia Santos, CENIMAT/I3N, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, CEMOP/UNINOVA, Portugal Sensing properties of WO3 nanoparticles |
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Dr. Helmut Schmid, Fraunhofer-Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT), Germany Hygiene Improvements by Nanosilver System Technology in Medical Environments |
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Dr. Radek Sevcik, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic The investigation of CaCO3 polymorphs formation during the carbonation of nanolime dispersion in ethanol |
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Prof. Franz Stelzer, Institute for Chemistry & Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Austria Biopolymers in electronics |
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Prof. Ismail Hakki Tavman, Mechanical Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey Preparation and Characterization of Thermally Conductive Polymer Nanocomposites |
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Prof. Katsuya Teshima, Department of Enviromental Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Japan Novel Fabrication Route for High Quality Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysts ~ Flux Growth of Idiomorphic Oxynitride and Nitride Crystals |
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Prof. Zivoslav Tesic, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia Nanomaterials in Food Chemistry |
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Prof. Lieva Van Langenhove, Ghent University, Belgium Smart Textiles & Wearables |
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Prof. Ioannis S. Vizirianakis, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, AUTH, Greece Pharmacological development of target-specific, delocalized lipophilic cation-functionalized carboranes for cancer therapy |
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Dr. George Volonakis, Department of Materials, University of Oxford, UK Mixed halide and lead-free double perovskites from first-principles |
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Prof. Alison B. Walker, University of Bath, UK Mesoscale Modelling of Doped Organic Semiconductors |
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Dr. Maziar Zeibadabi, LEITAT, Spain 3D printed energy storage device |
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Dr. Wei Zhang, University of Lincoln, UK High-quality Metal Halide Perovskite Thin Films through Lead Acetate Route: Fabrication, Crystallization Kinetics and Optoelectronic Applications |